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ArticleAIDS (London, England)2020

Determining standardized causes of death of infants, children, and adolescents living with HIV in Asia.

Annette H Sohn, Pagakrong Lumbiganon, Nia Kurniati, Keswadee Lapphra, Matthew Law, Viet C Do, Lam Van Nguyen, Khanh H Truong, Dewi K Wati, Pradthana Ounchanum and 10 more

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Article in AIDS (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 17 institutions in 9 countries.

Annette H SohnTREAT Asia, amfAR - The Foundation for AIDS Research, Bangkok.
Pagakrong LumbiganonDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Nia KurniatiCipto Mangunkusumo - Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Keswadee LapphraDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Matthew LawThe Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Viet C DoChildren's Hospital 2, Ho Chi Minh City.
Lam Van NguyenNational Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi.
Khanh H TruongChildren's Hospital 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Dewi K WatiSanglah Hospital, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia.
Pradthana OunchanumChiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital, Chiang Rai.
Thanyawee PuthanakitDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Research Unit in Pediatric and Infectious Diseases, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.
Tavitiya SudjaritrukDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Penh S LyNational Centre for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STDs, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Nik K N YusoffHospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Kota Bharu.
Sieu M FongHospital Likas, Kota Kinabalu.
Thahira J MohamedPediatric Institute, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur.
Revathy NallusamyPenang Hospital, Penang, Malaysia.
Nagalingaswaran KumarasamyVHS-Infectious Diseases Medical Centre, Chennai, India.
Azar KariminiaThe Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
for IeDEA Asia-Pacific
UNSW Sydney · AUAmerican Foundation for AIDS Research · USChiang Mai University · THChiangRai Prachanukroh Hospital · THChildren's Hospital 1 · VNChildren's Hospital 2 · VNChulalongkorn University · THHospital Kuala Lumpur · MYHospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II · MYKhon Kaen University · THMahidol University · THNational Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STD · KHNational Hospital of Pediatrics · VNPenang Adventist Hospital · MYRumah Sakit Umum Pusat Nasional Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo · IDUdayana University · IDVoluntary Health Services Hospital · IN

Funding

The Asia-Pacific HIV Research CollaborationU01AI069907 · NIAID · FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH · PI ANNETTE H SOHN · 2006 to 2026
$44.8M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI069907
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo implement a standardized cause of death reporting and review process to systematically disaggregate causes of HIV-related deaths in a cohort of Asian children and adolescents.

designDeath-related data were retrospectively and prospectively assessed in a longitudinal regional cohort study.

methodsChildren under routine HIV care at sites in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam between 2008 and 2017 were followed. Causes of death were reported and then independently and centrally reviewed. Predictors were compared using competing risks survival regression analyses.

resultsAmong 5918 children, 5523 (93%; 52% male) had ever been on combination antiretroviral therapy. Of 371 (6.3%) deaths, 312 (84%) occurred in those with a history of combination antiretroviral therapy (crude all-cause mortality 9.6 per 1000 person-years; total follow-up time 32 361 person-years). In this group, median age at death was 7.0 (2.9-13) years; median CD4 cell count was 73 (16-325) cells/μl. The most common underlying causes of death were pneumonia due to unspecified pathogens (17%), tuberculosis (16%), sepsis (8.0%), and AIDS (6.7%); 12% of causes were unknown. These clinical diagnoses were further grouped into AIDS-related infections (22%) and noninfections (5.8%), and non-AIDS-related infections (47%) and noninfections (11%); with 12% unknown, 2.2% not reviewed. Higher CD4 cell count and better weight-for-age z-score were protective against death.

conclusionOur standardized cause of death assessment provides robust data to inform regional resource allocation for pediatric diagnostic evaluations and prioritization of clinical interventions, and highlight the continued importance of opportunistic and nonopportunistic infections as causes of death in our cohort.

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Cause of DeathHIV InfectionsAdolescentAnti-HIV AgentsCambodiaCD4 Lymphocyte CountChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansIndiaIndonesiaInfantMalaysiaMaleRetrospective StudiesAnti-HIV Agents

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